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Slideshow: Honoring the past and the present during Wreaths Across America ceremony

Cpl. Jerry Blaney speaks during the Wreaths Across America remembrance ceremony Saturday afternoon at Alta Vista Cemetery in Gainesville. Blaney served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.
- photo by Erin O. Smith

Updated:
Dec. 13, 2015, 12 a.m.

Severla people paid their respects during the Wreaths Across America remembrance ceremony Saturday afternoon at Alta Vista Cemetery in Gainesville.

Attendees placed wreaths at the gravestones of each veteran buried in Alta Vista Cemetery Saturday.